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Radio Access Network (RAN) is a telecommunications network component that links your mobile phone or laptop to the core network<nowiki><ref name=":1"></nowiki>https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/velliet_open_ran_2022_us.pdf</ref>. According to the forecast, Open Ran revenue will be around 12% of the total RAN revenue in 2022. Besides the desire by operators to reap the benefits of Open Ran, the current political environment favours it as it will help them to stay away from Chinese network vendors such as Huawei<ref name=":2" />. For instance, the US government has passed a bill to inject funding amounting to $750 million in the next ten years to support Open Ran deployments. Other governments, such as Japan, the UK, Germany, and India, have come up with similar support. | Radio Access Network (RAN) is a telecommunications network component that links your mobile phone or laptop to the core network<nowiki><ref name=":1"></nowiki>https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/velliet_open_ran_2022_us.pdf</ref>. According to the forecast, Open Ran revenue will be around 12% of the total RAN revenue in 2022. Besides the desire by operators to reap the benefits of Open Ran, the current political environment favours it as it will help them to stay away from Chinese network vendors such as Huawei<ref name=":2" />. For instance, the US government has passed a bill to inject funding amounting to $750 million in the next ten years to support Open Ran deployments. Other governments, such as Japan, the UK, Germany, and India, have come up with similar support. | ||
== Open Ran Deployments == | == Open Ran Deployments at Scale == | ||
The following companies have started deploying Open Ran for commercial purposes. | |||
=== 1. Rakuten === | === 1. Rakuten === | ||
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Given that it is a greenfield operator, we don't expect it to encounter many integration challenges. Already, the tests on the network paint a hopeful picture for the company, as pointed out by Azita Arvani, Rakuten's CEO of North America, who said, "We have a deployment with 1&1 AG in Germany, with one Gbps in the downlink throughput and three milliseconds latency. The results are impressive and show that Open RAN is not just about reducing costs but also about high performance." According to him, 1&1 will be better than Rakuten Mobile since they are deploying Rakuten 2.0, which has more advanced features<ref>https://senzafili.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SenzaFili_DD_ORAN_Ecosystem.pdf<nowiki/>page.65</ref>. This was supported by the 1&1 CEO, who said during the Q2 2022 earnings call that they were impressed with the test results<ref>https://www.webcast-eqs.com/register/1und120220804/en</ref>. | Given that it is a greenfield operator, we don't expect it to encounter many integration challenges. Already, the tests on the network paint a hopeful picture for the company, as pointed out by Azita Arvani, Rakuten's CEO of North America, who said, "We have a deployment with 1&1 AG in Germany, with one Gbps in the downlink throughput and three milliseconds latency. The results are impressive and show that Open RAN is not just about reducing costs but also about high performance." According to him, 1&1 will be better than Rakuten Mobile since they are deploying Rakuten 2.0, which has more advanced features<ref>https://senzafili.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SenzaFili_DD_ORAN_Ecosystem.pdf<nowiki/>page.65</ref>. This was supported by the 1&1 CEO, who said during the Q2 2022 earnings call that they were impressed with the test results<ref>https://www.webcast-eqs.com/register/1und120220804/en</ref>. | ||
== Other Expected Open Ran Deployments == | |||
Many other bluefield operators are working on a roadmap to see that they deploy Open Ran as soon as possible. As a matter of fact, some of them have already deployed Open Ran in rural areas. Since they must integrate Open Ran with their traditional network, their Open Ran deployment is expected to happen gradually<ref>https://senzafili.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SenzaFili_DD_ORAN_Ecosystem.pdf<nowiki/>page.20</ref>. Examples of these operators are Vodafone, AT&T, etisalat, MTN, and Telefonica. Below is a brief description of how far each network has gone<ref>https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/pt/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/TEE/The-Open-Future-of-Radio-Access-Networks.pdf<nowiki/>page.9</ref>. | |||
=== 1.Vodafone === | |||
== Final Assessment == | == Final Assessment == | ||